The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-07-21
MINNESOTA.

J. 2. Lechter, prominent merchant of
Tyler died suddenly OF paralysis of the
heart.
Bean company, ut Saltwater, is ready for
business.
Burglars broke into the postoffice at Della
no and secured small amount III money
and stamps.
Burglars entered the house of ID. w
Hayes, at Albert Lea, and stole q watch
valued at so.
Mcpherson post, G A. r., Of Benson, has
voted in favor Of Minnehaha for the soldiers
home. The post at Melrose also favors
Minnehaha.
Sixty dollars is offered for the handsom
est baby to be exhibited at the Southern
Minnesota fair, to be held at Rochester,
Sept to 10.
At Brainerd, while bathing in the river
near the bridge Sunday afternoon Willie
ten-year-old son of John McElroy, was
drowned.
Henry Coleman, age 32, laborer on the
Northern Pacific docks at Duluth, was run
| over by a switch engine, Friday event. &, his
body being cut in two.
The lumber yards and mill Of Paine a. Co.,
| ut Northern Pacific junction burned on the
18TH Two million feet Of lumber were
| burned. Total loss, $4,000, insurance xlO,
90.
The house OF M. s. Birmingham at Pine
Island, Minn., was struck by lightning and
burned ON the llth. The only occupants of
Il the h0usa af fha timo fwn chilaran xyoro
| burned.
Rush City has the diptheria scourge. Three
children OF the family Of Postmaster keon
ave died and the postofiice has been re
| moved and is temporarily in charge Of the
bondsmen. The board of health have quar-
/ antined the residence OF j. +. Johnson mem
bers of that family having the dread NAL
ady.
| At Rush City, Sunday evening, Chas
Anderson was run over by the southern
bound freight while attempting to board
the train. He had both legs cut entirely
off close to his body and died within half an
| hour Anderson for some time had been
drinking heavily and was quite drunk at the
time Of the accident.
July Is, was the hottest day but one in
the history Of St. Paul, the THERMOMETERS
reaching IS, signal service standard. July /
1883, it reached luO by the same standard
There were two deaths in the city from sun
| stroke on the 18th At Minneapolis the
official report was ~, for the 18th, and the
| average maximum temperature for the
first two weeks of July S5.5. At Lake Min
netOnkA the heat was as great as in the
cities, and the dwellers there suffered fully
as much as those in town.
At Rochester, about II o'clock Thursday
forenoon Ogla Kristopherson, servant Of G
E. Marvin, attempted to fill q gasoline stow,
when lighted. An explosion resulted. Tn,
girl was terribly burned on the legs ant
hands, Tut will recover. The house ant
most of its contents were destroyed. Loss
5000; insured for 3,5OO. Mrs. Marvin VIII,
was lately confined, was greatly shocke,
and is in q serious condition. Messrs
by the heat, are doing we'll. The adjoining
residences were saved by great effort.
DIR. L. II. Garrard, who settled Mt Fronten
, &C, Mimi, in 1858, died at Lakewood, N. Y.
on the 9th. He was s. years of age. Hi
purchase at Frontenac was 5000 acres muc
, of which he improved. He introduced thor
+ Oughbred shorthOrn cattle and Southdow
! sheep in Minnesota, and was the first perso
, III Minnesota to cultivate orchard grass. III
served two terms in the legislature, in lSi
aud 1876. He removed from Frontenac t
thereafter to Cincinnati, O., where he ha
since resided. DIR. Garrard was an autho
of some repute, prominent among his work
, being ''Wah- to-Jah and the laos Trail"
. tale Of New Mexico aud the Rocky moul
tains.